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Abortive is an English word with synonyms like stillborn or unsuccessful. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Abortive in a sentence

Abortive meaning

  1. Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
  2. Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. .
  3. Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.

Synonyms of Abortive

stillborn unsuccessful unfruitful

Related words

Other words often associated with Abortive or its synonyms:

dead defeated unfertile foiled attempted sunk fruitful thwarted sterile discomfited washed-up hitless

Using Abortive

  • The main meaning on this page is: Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural. | Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. . | Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
  • Useful related words include: stillborn, unsuccessful, unfruitful.
  • In the example corpus, abortive often appears in combinations such as: proved abortive, an abortive, abortive as.

Context around Abortive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

proved 12× own 1×

Often after:

hence 1× mutiny 1× ban 1× uprising 1× russian 1× stealth 1× private 1×

Sentence patterns with Abortive

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

administration s abortive ban in 1× after that abortive private equity 1× after the abortive mutiny 1× class proved abortive 1× deceased proved abortive as she 1× efforts proved abortive 1× eye proved abortive 1× for an abortive russian thrust 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all efforts to 2× all efforts have 1× all efforts of 1× an earlier bid 1× belarus provided logistical 1× efforts by our 1×

Common sentence endings:

after the incident 1× class proved abortive 1× compiling the report 1× efforts proved abortive 1× eye proved abortive 1× he is removed 1×

Words around Abortive

Just before it in the word index:

abortions 521 abortionists 4 abortion 2.842 aborting 14 abortifacients 4 abortifacient 4

Just after it in the word index:

aborts 6 aboru 2 abos 3 abosede 2 abosi 2 aboso 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

achievers 92 acton 92 aether 92 ais 92 alarmingly 92 altruistic 92

Corpus analysis for Abortive

  • In this selection, "abortive" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, proved, own, hence, mutiny and ban stand out and add context to how "abortive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include administration s abortive ban in and after that abortive private equity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "abortive" sits close to words such as achievers, acton and aether, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with abortive

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

All efforts to save the plaintiff’s eye proved abortive. (10 words)

Gerasimov's own fate also is unclear after the abortive mutiny. (11 words)

Muhammad Shehu, proved abortive as at the time of compiling the report. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Prigozhin released a video earlier last week in which he claimed to be in Africa, where his mercenaries have relocated since the abortive uprising with rumours already in full swing on who will replace him once he is removed. (39 words)

In response to the Trump administration’s abortive ban, in 2020 Beijing updated its export control rules so that Chinese-owned algorithms — including those that power TikTok’s personalized recommendation engine — could be blocked from leaving the country. (38 words)

While some people speculated that the man might be sleeping, some other persons, who were bent on ascertaining Mbelu’s true state, reportedly made frantic efforts to wake him up but it proved abortive. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

All efforts have proved abortive, hence they have to join them since they can’t beat them.

Efforts by our correspondent to reach the NFF General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi to comment on the issue proved abortive.

Efforts to speak with the principal proved abortive as the school was deserted shortly after the incident.

Gerasimov's own fate also is unclear after the abortive mutiny.

However, efforts by our correspondent to reach out to the NCS’ spokesman, Abubakar Umar, proved abortive as he neither picked up his call nor responded to a message sent to him.

In response to the Trump administration’s abortive ban, in 2020 Beijing updated its export control rules so that Chinese-owned algorithms — including those that power TikTok’s personalized recommendation engine — could be blocked from leaving the country.

Muhammad Shehu, proved abortive as at the time of compiling the report.

My aim was to withdraw money from the PoS shop but it was abortive.

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Prigozhin released a video earlier last week in which he claimed to be in Africa, where his mercenaries have relocated since the abortive uprising with rumours already in full swing on who will replace him once he is removed.

Belarus provided logistical support for Russia’s invading army and allowed its territory to be used as a staging ground for an abortive Russian thrust toward Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.

Efforts to get the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Mujiwa Adejobi to speak on the matter proved abortive as he neither picked his calls nor responded to messages.

News of this project has rekindled interest in the story of America’s own abortive stealth medium-bomber, if not in the acquisition of the aircraft itself.

While some people speculated that the man might be sleeping, some other persons, who were bent on ascertaining Mbelu’s true state, reportedly made frantic efforts to wake him up but it proved abortive.

After more than 10 years of a bloody internecine confrontation, hopes of scoring a military victory over the Islamists have so far proved to be abortive.

All efforts of the daughter of my Guardian, Salmat Ibrahim to convince me to remain in the class proved abortive.

All efforts to contact the wife of the deceased proved abortive as she was said to have gone to the State CID to make official report on the incident.

All efforts to save the plaintiff’s eye proved abortive.

An earlier bid to open the bars in September proved abortive after there was a spike in Covid cases.

Salisu alleged that her husband alongside other stranded Nigerians had made contacts with the Nigerian Mission in Egypt, lamenting that their efforts proved abortive.

There are some reasons for skepticism with this featuring Raine, though, after that abortive private equity proposal.

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Common combinations with abortive

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "abortive" in a sentence?
An example: "All efforts have proved abortive, hence they have to join them since they can’t beat them." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "abortive" from authentic English texts.
What does "abortive" mean?
Abortive means: Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
What are synonyms of "abortive"?
Common synonyms of "abortive" include: stillborn, unsuccessful, unfruitful.
How many example sentences with "abortive" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "abortive", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.